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Associate Professor Tan Ngian Chye (left) and Vivo Surgical's Dr Kevin Koh with Klaro, a bendable and disposable light device that Prof Tan created and Vivo Surgical helped develop.

Associate Professor Tan Ngian Chye (left) and Vivo Surgical's Dr Kevin Koh with Klaro, a bendable and disposable light device that Prof Tan created and Vivo Surgical helped develop.

PHOTO: NATIONAL CANCER CENTRE SINGAPORE

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Klaro, a bendable and disposable light device which can be used to illuminate cavities in open surgery, is now being used in some hospitals here.
The idea for such a device first occurred to Associate Professor Tan Ngian Chye, a senior consultant at the National Cancer Centre Singapore, some six years ago.
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